THE BRIGHT SIDE

Decide to be happy today, to live with what is yours – your family, your business, your job, your luck. If you can’t have what you like, maybe you can like what you have.

Just for today, be kind, cheerful, agreeable, responsive, caring, and understanding. Be your best, dress your best, talk softly, and look for the bright side of things. Praise people for what they do and do not criticize them for what they cannot do. If someone does something stupid, forgive and forget. After all, it’s just for one day.

Who knows, it might turn out to be a nice day.

Always think on the bright side--no matter what life brings to your day. You'll gain a treasure within your soul that no worry or hardship can ever take away. Isaac Purcell

RECIPES AND CRAFTS

The labels shown below will take you to posts with recipes and a few craft ideas that I've included in my daily entries.

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THE BRIGHT SIDE

I'm looking out the windowand the day is drab and dreary,And I'm trying to console myselfby thinking something cheeryI know it's simply horribleto get in such a slumpAnd I also know it's up to me to get across the humpAnd I realize I'm selfishto mention this to youFor, gee, you might be feelinga little 'low-down' toobut often when I feel like thisI tell myself it's trueThat I am not the only onewho feels 'low-down and blue'And just knowing there are otherswho feel the way I doRenews my sinking spirit and keeps me smiling throughand know that it's naturalto take a 'spirit-dive'Provides the spunk and courageto hang on and surviveAnd while there are a lot of moodsthat we can drive awayby looking on the BRIGHT SIDEin all we do and say,There also is a lonelinessthat God meant us to feelBut, gee, it sure is mighty hardto know which one is realAnd I'd hate to be a 'sad sack'who never saw the sunAnd just complained that every daywas such a dreary one.But I know that all the dark daysare just part of God's planWe should accept them graciouslyand do the best we can...So I'll just keep on tryingfor I know it's 'Gospel true'there never was a cloud so darkthe sun could not shine through!by Helen Steiner Rice

On the Bright Side Newsletter

I send this little letter out each morning to all my family and friends and even to a few people that I've never met. Many of them send it on to others too. So in order to make it available to more people I post the 'brighter side' of the news here each day in this journal. The letter began as an effort to keep in touch with my family as they are spread out in all directions. My family, friends and God are the most important things in my life.You'll find quotes, poems and stories and even a few recipes included in this newsletter. I try to find something new each day to share. In a world that very often publishes only the dark side of things I felt that others would be encouraged to hear about 'the bright side'.'On Ya'-ma

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ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE

The comfortable and comforting people are those who look upon the bright side of life; gathering its roses and sunshine and makingthe most that happens seem the best.Dorothy Dix

Today is Flip A Coin Day which is day when making decisions is as easy as flipping a coin. This tradition dates back to Julius Caesar. Caesar would take a coin and flip it to make decisions where the right choice was unclear. The correct answer was heads, which of course carried his image on the coin.

Celebrate today and flip a coin. Use this method of decision making for all decisions, and for everything you do today.

If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

It is the month of June,The month of leaves and roses,When pleasant sights salute the eyesAnd pleasant scents the noses.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

It would be great if making decisions was as easy as flipping a coin. Truth be told there have been times in my life when I did resort to that. Making tough decisions isn’t an easy thing at all, but I have found that the big ones require lots and lots of prayer.

It looks like our weather is to be a little milder toward the end of this week. The temps in the upper 80’s will cool down somewhat to mid to upper 70’s. And that’s my kind of weather. I know these days will change as we go deeper into summer and then change again when fall comes, but for now I’ll just enjoy them as they come.

The rose bush here has been full of buds for a couple of weeks now and soon will burst out in flower, so that’s what I’ve put in my pictures today. Roses from past years. The wonderful thing is that they survived another winter and will bloom again.

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Wednesday !

WHAT’S NEW IN THE KITCHEN

There is a food holiday to celebrate every day of the year!

It’s Hazelnut Cake Day!

Hazelnuts, also called Filberts, are from the Hazel tree. They have a slightly sweet flavor that makes them ideal for use in baking. Hazelnuts are rich in Vitamin E, protein and fiber and believed to be one of the highest natural sources of antioxidants. So now you can have your cake and eat it too with Hazelnut Cake. It’s delicious and nutritious!

Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove side of pan; run long knife under cake to loosen from pan bottom. Place heatproof serving plate upside down over cake; turn plate and cake over. Remove pan bottom. Cover cake with cloth towel; cool completely, about 30 minutes.

In 2 quart saucepan, heat whipping cream just to boiling; remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Spread glaze over top of cake, allowing some to run down side of cake. Sprinkle reserved ground nuts around top edge of cake; arrange reserved whole nuts over ground nuts.

Serves 16 depending on the size of your slices.

COUNTING MY GIFTS

Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.

Al Bernstein

Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for. There is truly is always something to be thankful for.

3910. for prayers, they work

3911. for hazelnuts, good and good for you too

3912. for the roses that will soon be blooming

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!